Romeo

L01033
2001

Paperweight Lovers series - A series of 'matching pairs' of paperweights showing the greatest lovers of all time designed by Alastair MacIntosh. The first pair in this series were Romeo and his Fair Juliet, taken from Shakespeare's story of the star crossed lovers. The second pair are taken from the story of the two lovers Mark Antony and the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. Antony had to leave Cleopatra to marry fo political reasons returning discredited to Egypt after four years only to commit suicide. Broken hearted Cleopatra followed suit by means of an asp. The Antony paperweight shows a stylised Roman soldier, whilst Cleopatra has the typical black hair and is shown in her bath of milk.